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A young Indian cricket team, led by Shubman Gill, departed for Zimbabwe to play a five-match T20I series starting in Harare on July 6. Under the guidance of National Cricket Academy head VVS Laxman, the squad includes promising talents like Riyan Parag and Abhishek Sharma, who have earned their maiden India call-ups following impressive performances in the latest IPL season.

 

Skipper Gill, the reserve opener for the T20 World Cup was on a break and will link up with the Zimbabwe-bound squad directly in Harare from the US. 

 

The BCCI took to X to post pictures of those who boarded the flight, which includes Sharma, Parag, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Avesh Khan, Ravi Bishnoi, Washington Sundar, Tushar Deshpande and NCA head Laxman. 

 

Five members of the squad - Shivam Dube, Sanju Samson, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rinku Singh, and Khaleel Ahmed were either part of the T20 World Cup-winning team or were travelling reserves are stranded in Barbados due to Hurricane Beryl. They will join the squad later. 

 

With Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, and Ravindra Jadeja retiring form the shortest format of the game, the T20 series against Zimbabwe will provide the youngsters with the perfect opportunity to cement their places in the team for future series. 

 

India's squad for T20I series against Zimbabwe:

 

Shubman Gill (Captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Abhishek Sharma, Rinku Singh, Sanju Samson (WK), Dhruv Jurel (WK), Shivam Dube, Riyan Parag, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Khaleel Ahmed, Mukesh Kumar, Tushar Deshpande.